Happy New Year! I know that I was going to discuss the book “The Chimes” by Charles Dickens, there has been some unexpected events the last few days and I wanted to give the story some justice. Instead I found a little play that I wrote several years ago while while taking a Creative Writing…… Continue reading On the 12th Day of….
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On the Eleventh Day…
Charles Dickens-The man who invented Christmas I wanted to do at least three parts on Charles Dickens. But since we are closing to the second to last day of “The twelve Days of..” it will have to be shortened to just two parts. Maybe next year I can go into more depth. His tale “A…… Continue reading On the Eleventh Day…
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The Nutcracker Part IV: The Ballet The most famous Ballet in our time, The Nutcracker, has hundreds of different versions. It began around 1890 when Marius Petipa, a famous choreographer collaborated with Pytotr Ilich Tchaikovksy, a famous Russian composer. It is said that he was not satisfied with the libretto by both Petipa and Ivan Alexandrovitch…… Continue reading On the Tenth Day of…
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The Nutcracker Part III In Alexandre Dumas’ adaption of the tale, we are given an entirely different style of storytelling. Dumas prefaces the tale with a creative introduction, he (the narrator) is at a party and sneaks away for a few minutes into another room for a moment of silence. He falls asleep on a…… Continue reading On the Ninth Day of…
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The Nutcracker Part II: The Fairy Tale The Tale-Hoffmann Below is a summary of E.T.A’s Hoffmann’s tale-Nutcracker and Mouse King. I did my best to summarize it, but there is no way I can do the actual story justice. I encourage you to read it yourself. Of course, with different translations, you can get different…… Continue reading On the Eighth Day of…
On the Seventh Day
The Nutcracker-Part I A dark and sweet Tale Not too long ago, around this time of year, as I was hustling and bustling between parties and secret Santa, in my endeavor to find the perfect ballet ornament I came across an online article about the darker side of the Nutcracker. Obviously, this caught my attention.…… Continue reading On the Seventh Day
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Gingerbread Run, Run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me! I’m the Gingerbread Man! We have all heard this tale, and it also happens to be that the Gingerbread man (and the houses that he lives in) are a popular Christmas tradition. But where did it start? Gingerbread History It is believed that…… Continue reading On the Sixth Day of..
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Christmas Truce As I sit here and write, I wonder about how others will spend their Christmas day. Christmas means something different for each of us. For some it is a deeply religious day. For some, it is full of family traditions. For others, this day is barely noticed. Regardless of how you may celebrate…… Continue reading On the Fifth Day of..
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Hallmark Christmas Movie Recipe What makes Hallmark Christmas Movies so addictive? Is it because they manage to bake up a love story rolled in Christmas cheer? Or is it because they cook up a little utopian world so full of Christmas Spirit that we forget that we are in fact watching a cheesy love story?…… Continue reading On the Fourth Day of….
On The Third day of…The Grinch Part II
The Song and Cartoon In 1966 a cartoon special came out based on the book called “Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” In the cartoon version, music, color, and action are added to storybook version. We are introduced to the adorable town of Who-Ville and its residence-who sing in merriment at decorating for Christmas. We…… Continue reading On The Third day of…The Grinch Part II